Đề thi môn tiếng Anh kỳ 1: Giải Trần Đại Nghĩa Lần IV năm học 2006 - 2007 GRADE 10 Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in the blank in each sentence. 1. Excuse me! I’m doing my homework. ________ not making too much noise? A. Would you please     B. Can you         C. Could you          D. Would you mind 2. I’d prefer to go to the football field rather ________ be in class today. A. than B. to C. for D. as 3. Would you like to eat out this evening? __________ . A. Yes, I would like     B. Yes, I do like     C. Yes, please     D. I’d love to 4. I couldn’t find Jimmy at the party last night. If I ______ him, I’d have been very happy. A. meet B. met C. had met D. have met 5. How _______ can you run every morning, Jack?    About two kilometers. A. many B. much C. fast D. far 6. Can you see anybody in that classroom?     Yes. There _____ a teacher and fifty students there. A. is B. are C. has been D. have been 7. Some marine creatures _______ on others to survive. A. agree B. act C. depend D. suggest 8. The boy decided to go out _________ it was raining very heavily outside. A. because B. despite C. even if D. although 9. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A. various B. chair C. upstairs D. failure 10. You are just too lazy. If you did some exercise every morning, you _________ much healthier. A. feel B. will feel C. might feel D. are feeling 11. Why _________ I smoke? Is it because of its harmful effects on my lungs? A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. haven’t D. hadn’t better 12.  - Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it? - Well, ________. A. it’s being painted     B. it’s just been painted C. it’s painted D. it was painted recently 13. Wildlife is being ________ with extinction? A. dealt B. coped C. feared D. threatened 14. _ Do you feel like dancing now? _ ___________. A. It’s a good idea B. I feel good thanks to dancing C. You are welcome D. Maybe, it’s true 15. Janet is a beautiful but very arrogant girl. She always looks ________ other people. A. into B. up to C. after D. down upon Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to fill in each blank.
Plant and animal species are dying (16)______ at an unprecedented rate. Estimates range that from 4,000 to as many as 50,000 species per year become extinct. The (17)______ cause of extinction is habitat destruction, particularly of the world’s richest ecosystems – tropical rain forests and coral reefs. (18)______ the world’s rain forests continue to be cut down at the current rate, they may completely disappear by the year 2030. In (19)______, if the world’s population continues to grow at its present rate and puts (20)______ more pressure on these habitats, they might well be destroyed sooner. 16. A. of; B. out; C. on; D. away 17. A. led; B. lead; C. leader; D. leading 18.A. Unless; B. Because; C. Whereas; D. If 19. A. addition; B. general; C. short; D. turn 20. A. mostly; B. almost; C. even; D. so GRADE 11 Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. 1. The girl spent almost two hours ________ up new words in the dictionary. A. look B. to look C. looking D. looked 2. If he ________ a little later yesterday, he couldn’t have met her at the airport to see her off. A. had come B. came C. was to come D. had to come 3. He is absorbed ________ his